Care businesses increasingly attracting buyers from further afield
Growth in the proportion of deals by buyers located out of local or regional areas from the target business is reflecting more of a...
Number of independent care sector jobs grows by 43,000
The number of roles in the independent care sector rose by 43,000 between 2019/20 and 2020/21 to 1.32 million, representing growth of 3.4%.
The rate...
Turnover boost for Voyage Care
Revenue at Voyage Care increased by 7.5% to £229m in the year ended 31 March 2018 (2017: £213m), largely driven by the purchase of...
London boroughs facing adult social care funding shortfall
Analysis by London Councils shows that had adult social care spending risen in line with NHS funding since 2010, an additional £800m would be...
WeCare aims to tackle care staffing shortage
More than 20,000 care staff will be needed in Wales by 2030 if it is to keep pace with the growing demand for services...
Adult social care continues to ‘experience turbulence’
More than half of adult social care council directors reported providers in their area had closed, ceased trading or handed back contracts in the...
Care Software Providers Association launches
An organisation has been created to promote the use of digital technologies in the social care sector.
The Care Software Providers Association will also focus...
Vivo Care Choices ordered to pay more than £200,000
Vivo Care Choices Ltd has been ordered to pay almost £220,000 by magistrates, following an incident that left an 89-year-old woman injured.
The operator, which...
Inquiry concludes children subjected to ‘utmost depravity’
Children were subjected to abuse that ‘reached levels of the utmost depravity’ at residential institutions run by the Sisters of Nazareth between 1933 and...
Care agency workers ‘being taken advantage of’
Social care and NHS agency staff have reported being offered pay under the £11.44 per hour minimum wage in the first week of April,...
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